Belgium national under-17 football team
Nickname(s) | De Jonge Duivels Les Diablotins The Super Devils | ||
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Association | Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA | ||
Head coach | Bob Browaeys | ||
FIFA code | BEL | ||
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World Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2007) | ||
Best result | Third place (2015) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 7 (first in 2006) | ||
Best result | Semi-final (2007, 2015, 2018) |
The Belgium national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Their biggest successes have been their bronze medal at the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the European championship in 2007 on home soil, and again in 2015 and 2018.
Players
Current squad
- The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches.[1][2]
- Match dates: 22–28 March 2023
- Opposition: Slovenia, Croatia and Norway
- Caps and goals correct as of: 25 March 2023, after the match against Croatia
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Matt Lendfers | 10 March 2006 | 7 | 0 | Sint-Truiden |
12 | GK | Michiel Haentjens | 23 March 2006 | 6 | 0 | Anderlecht |
2 | DF | Ismaël Baouf | 17 September 2006 | 10 | 0 | Anderlecht |
3 | DF | Madi Monamay | 6 April 2006 | 3 | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen |
4 | DF | Josue Ndenge Kongolo | 13 April 2006 | 7 | 0 | Genk |
5 | DF | Hugo Lamock | 25 February 2006 | 5 | 0 | Gent |
13 | DF | Gilles De Meyer | 17 September 2006 | 7 | 1 | Gent |
14 | DF | Kaïs Barry | 8 February 2006 | 4 | 0 | Anderlecht |
6 | MF | Nolhan Courtens | 20 December 2006 | 7 | 0 | Royal Antwerp |
8 | MF | Lilian Vergeylen | 25 May 2006 | 10 | 1 | Anderlecht |
10 | MF | Gyano Vanderdonck | 24 November 2006 | 1 | 0 | Gent |
15 | MF | Rafaël Teugels | 7 June 2006 | 1 | 0 | Charleroi |
16 | MF | Amine Boukamir | 23 October 2006 | 2 | 0 | Charleroi |
17 | MF | Laurens Goemaere | 7 April 2006 | 9 | 0 | Club Brugge |
20 | MF | Gerard Vandeplas | 25 February 2006 | 7 | 0 | Royal Antwerp |
7 | FW | Robin Mirisola | 8 December 2006 | 9 | 3 | Genk |
9 | FW | Matteo Filorizzo | 19 February 2006 | 7 | 4 | Eupen |
11 | FW | Cédric Nuozzi | 30 January 2006 | 8 | 2 | Genk |
18 | FW | Victor Tihon | 8 September 2006 | 6 | 0 | Eupen |
19 | FW | Nassim Azaouzi | 31 March 2006 | 4 | 0 | Anderlecht |
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Belgium under-17 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Matheo Gerard | 15 May 2006 | 3 | 1 | Charleroi | v. Denmark, 1 November 2022 |
DF | Ethan Butera | 16 April 2006 | 3 | 0 | Anderlecht | v. Denmark, 1 November 2022 |
MF | Rayane Bounida | 3 March 2006 | 4 | 1 | Ajax | v. Denmark, 1 November 2022 |
MF | Raphael Di Matteo | 23 January 2006 | 3 | 1 | Eupen | v. Denmark, 1 November 2022 |
MF | Rabby Mateta Pepa | 13 July 2006 | 3 | 0 | Standard Liège | v. Denmark, 1 November 2022 |
Competitive record
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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1985 | did not qualify | ||||||
1987 | |||||||
1989 | |||||||
1991 | |||||||
1993 | |||||||
1995 | |||||||
1997 | |||||||
1999 | |||||||
2001 | |||||||
2003 | |||||||
2005 | |||||||
2007 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2009 | did not qualify | ||||||
2011 | |||||||
2013 | |||||||
2015 | Third place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
2017 | did not qualify | ||||||
2019 | |||||||
2023 | |||||||
2025 | to be determined | ||||||
Total | 2/20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
UEFA European U-17 Football Championship record
Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
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2002 | did not qualify | |||||||
2003 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2005 | ||||||||
2006 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
2007 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 3* | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
2008 | did not qualify | |||||||
2009 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
2011 | ||||||||
2012 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
2013 | did not qualify | |||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2015 | Semi-finals | 5 | 2 | 2* | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
2016 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
2017 | did not qualify | |||||||
2018 | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |
2019 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3][4] | |||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
2023 | did not qualify | |||||||
2024 | did not qualify | |||||||
Total | 8/19 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 33 |
- * denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- indicates tournament was held on home soil.
See also
- Belgium national football team
- Belgium national under-21 football team
- Belgium national under-19 football team
References
- ^ "Belgium-Slovenia | Under-17 2023". UEFA. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "Belgium-Croatia | Under-17 2023". UEFA. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.